Baltimore Lawyer Named U S Censor of Books
Huntington Cairns a Baltimore attorney and reader of wide range has been appointed by the federal customs commissioner to pass on imported books suspected of obscenity. He will decide which materials may enter the United States and will distinguish between works with honest depictions of life and those written to appeal to depraved minds.
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Baltimore
America
Huntington Cairns
Federal Commissioner of Customs
Cairns
Longus
Hugh McCrea
London
Treasury
Bureau
Crossword Puzzle Answers For Yesterday’s Grid
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 53 lists clues with answers Glossy silk fabric at 53 59 Terminal 20 Gazed fixedly 22 Fertile spot in a desert 23 To the other side 24 Cotton fabric 26 Height 27 Helped 29 106 square meters of land.
Estonia's new capital punishment offers poison or gallows
Tallinn reports Estonia's new death penalty law allows a condemned person to choose between a self-administered poison cup or the gallows. The killer sits in a death chamber with five minutes to die. after that, if uncertain, hanging proceeds. Capital punishment expands beyond wartime crimes.
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Tallinn
Estonia
Paramount Showcases Joe E Brown in 6 Day Bike Rider
At the Paramount theater Joe E Brown stars in a 6 Day Bike Rider comedy with Maxine Doyle and Frank McHugh in supporting roles. The plot follows a village joker who rises to race glory, facing jail, romance, and a riotous final bicycle race. Capitol screens features Gridiron Flash with Eddie Quillan and Betty Furness, plus an ensemble cast and direction by Glenn Tryon.
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Joe E. Brown
Paramount Theater
Joe
Maxine Doyle
Funnyman
Frank McHugh
Gordon Westcott
Arthur Aylesworth
Lottie Williams
Dorothy Christy
Harry Seymour
Lloyd Neal
William Granger
RKO Radio
Eddie Quillan
Betty Furness
Philadelphia
California
Grant Mitchell
Lucien Littlefield
Poultrymen Plan Countermeasures Against Henhouse Theft
Indiana poultry raisers vow action after theft losses exceed bank holdups. A plan assigns a state poultry association representative to each county to aid officials in tracking thieves, with pledged help from state troopers in Lafayette Indiana on December 7.
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Indiana
State Poultry Association
Turkey Bans Oriental Music As Kemal Decree Downs Old Style Tunes
Ankara reports that Mustapha Kemal orders modernization of Turkish music. Radio firms drop Oriental and Turkish pieces from programs and cafes ban eastern tunes. Musicians adapt by shifting to tenor banjo styles while younger listeners embrace jazz and light opera. Romanian savers add to accounts.
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Ankara
Mustapha Kemal
Republic
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